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John Amos Comenius (/ k ə ˈ m iː n i ə s /; Czech: Jan Amos Komenský; Polish: Jan Amos Komeński; German: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: Ioannes Amos Comenius; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Moravian philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education.
John Amos Comenius (born March 28, 1592, Nivnice, Moravia, Habsburg domain [now in Czech Republic]—died November 14, 1670, Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a Czech educational reformer and religious leader, remembered mainly for his innovations in methods of teaching, especially languages.
COMENIUS, JOHN AMOS (1592 – 1670) John Amos Comenius, also called Komensky, the Czech philosopher of education and theologian, was born in Uhersky Brod. Comenius was a member of the Community of the Moravian Brethren (Unitas Fratrum) and studied Protestant theology at the universities of Herborn and Heidelberg. Shortly after his return to ...
John Amos Comenius, Czech Jan Amos Komenský, (born March 28, 1592, Nivnice, Moravia—died Nov. 15, 1670, Amsterdam, Neth.), Czech educational reformer and religious leader.
A prolific scholar on pedagogical, spiritual, and social reform, Johann Amos Comenius was born in the village of Nivnice in southeast Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic), and became a minister in the Unity of Brethren church, a Protestant sect. Political and religious persecution during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) drove Comenius ...
Jun 8, 2018 · Comenius, John Amos (1592–1670) Czech religious leader and educational reformer, who influenced modern education. Comenius believed in equal education for all children. His best-known book was Orbis Sensualum Pictus (The Visible World in Pictures, 1658).
Mar 1, 2007 · At this critical time in the history of international legal thought, the Czech Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) – who was born on 28 March 1592 in Bohemia and died in 1670 in Amsterdam – lived and worked as a true European intellectual and made a significant contribution to our discipline.
